Folk Art in America

by Adele Earnest

Overview

Folk Art in America is the story of the roots of America's passion for art that is uniquely its own. Through her text and illustrations, Adele Earnest acquaints the reader with folk art masterpieces and some of the artists who created them. She relates the history of the folk art movement in America and the founding of the Museum of American Folk Art. She reminisces about those early collectors who blazed a place for folk art in the art world: Henry Francis duPont, Electra Havemeyer Webb, Titus Geesey, and the flamboyant Mme.Gamma Walska, to name but a few.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780887400209
Publisher:	Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.
Publication date:	01/08/1997
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Adele Earnest, a founding trustee of the Museum of American Folk art, is the author of The Art of the Decoy. She is well known for her definitive articles in many publications.